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08:54 AM ET 02.05 | Marlins executives spoke numerous times with Hanley Ramirez this winter, waiting for him to embrace moving to third base, which they're confident he finally has. "When something happens immediately, there's a surprise," Marlins president David Samson said. "And then all of a sudden, it ends up being OK. I told him, 'If we tell you to pitch opening night, that's your job.'''

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February 5, 2012 08:55 AM ET

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Love Is All You Need, Bro.

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February 5, 2012 09:26 AM ET

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<i>I told him, 'If we tell you to pitch opening night, that's your job.'</i>

If an owner or manager needs to tell him this, then you know you have a problem.

Hoos Your Daddy

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February 5, 2012 09:26 AM ET

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I told him, 'If we tell you to pitch opening night, that's your job.'

If an owner or manager needs to tell him this, then you know you have a problem.

Hoos Your Daddy

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February 5, 2012 10:20 AM ET

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February 5, 2012 10:30 AM ET

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And then the games start, and a few errors or a batting slump and it starts over again.
Hey, if you have to speak "numerous" times with a guy over this kind of stuff, then you are delusional to think the problem is solved.

50yearfan

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February 5, 2012 10:46 AM ET

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They made their own bed by picking up another shortstop. If they're looking for a troublesome sulking pouter who resists taking one for the team, they've found one